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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marie's revelation about the Radium make Zorrie think about her own past?
(a) She feels that the Radium might have actually caused Harold's death.
(b) She feels that the Radium probably made her stronger.
(c) She feels that the Radium had no effect on her life whatsoever.
(d) She feels guilty that ingesting the powder during pregnancy might have killed her baby.

2. What does Zorrie tell Noah right after Virgil dies?
(a) She needs Noah's help.
(b) Ruby could use some company and support.
(c) Oats needs Noah.
(d) Opal needs Noah.

3. What does Zorrie smell when she wakes at dawn one day in Part IV?
(a) Death.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Chemicals.
(d) Flowers.

4. What does Opal tell Zorrie they used to let her do at the hospital?
(a) Milk cows in the dairy.
(b) Paint.
(c) Sing.
(d) Bake.

5. What kind of pie does Zorrie make for Noah the first time she brings him dinner in Part IV?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Peach.
(c) Apple.
(d) Blueberry.

6. What does Noah do after Virgil dies?
(a) Cooks for the funeral.
(b) Burns the trees in the field.
(c) Confines himself to his room for a while.
(d) Goes fishing all day.

7. What does Lester do with some of the profits from the great harvest?
(a) Buys a horse.
(b) Buys a small farm near Boyleston.
(c) Gambles.
(d) Buys a new house.

8. How does Candy Wilson refer to Zorrie's generosity with her produce from the farm?
(a) Handing out the luck.
(b) Flourishing with neighbors.
(c) Bread-basketing.
(d) Giving to the end.

9. Who does Hank insinuate that he thinks Zorrie might have feelings for?
(a) Richard.
(b) Henry.
(c) James.
(d) Noah.

10. Why does Zorrie have to slaughter her pigs?
(a) She needs them for food in the famine.
(b) They become aggressive.
(c) They are too expensive.
(d) Swine virus.

11. Why was Opal's family happy she started living with Noah?
(a) They were happy to have her off their own hands.
(b) They wanted Opal to become a veterinarian.
(c) They wanted Opal to work on a farm.
(d) They loved Noah.

12. What does Zorrie start doing regularly in Part IV?
(a) Visiting Opal.
(b) Adopting dogs.
(c) Taking dinner to Noah's and eating with him.
(d) Singing.

13. What happens to the Summers house after Ruby's death?
(a) It is sold.
(b) Opal comes back to live there.
(c) Zorrie moves in.
(d) A deep silence descends.

14. What does Zorrie ask Noah not to do when he talks to her in Part IV?
(a) Look at her in anger.
(b) Tell her he loves her again.
(c) Curse so much.
(d) Talk badly about Opal.

15. What does Opal tell Zorrie she thinks she might be too in Part IV?
(a) A friend.
(b) A ghost girl.
(c) An ill person.
(d) A lost cause.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Zorrie travel with her blueberries and other gifts in Part III?

2. What does Zorrie tell Opal is about the only thing Noah likes?

3. What does Zorrie invest in for her farm in the fifties?

4. What do the churchgoers do after Ruby's funeral?

5. Who tells Zorrie about a nearby blueberry farm?

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